They said the work would be hard, but Huusmaheem did not expect it to be so backbreaking. To be paid, Huusmaheem needed to fill eight baskets a day, but his tools were crude. Small mattocks are not made for clawed hands, not when they formed from the only tools available. The miner beside him said, "Finished my eighth basket. You?" "Almost done with seven," Huusmaheem replied. "You're always done first, Split-Tail. What's your secret?" "Hard work," said Split-Tail with a grin. "Also, I made enough to buy a bigger mattock." "Cheater!" said Huusmaheem with a good-natured chuckle. "Ogres! Tell th-"